Nell Minow: "You Can Get 90% of Governance by Looking at CEO Pay"

In this episode, I talk with Nell Minow, a prominent voice in corporate governance. She currently serves as the Vice Chair of ValueEdge Advisors. Previously, she was the Co-founder and Director of GMI Ratings from 2010 to 2014, and the Editor and Co-founder of its predecessor firm, The Corporate Library, from 2000 to 2010. Prior to co-founding The Corporate Library, Nell was a Principal of Lens, a $100 million shareholder activist firm. Her other professional experiences includes serving as President & General Counsel of ISS and as an attorney at the EPA, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Justice. She has authored over 200 articles and co-authored three books on corporate governance with Bob Monks. In this podcast we talk about her personal story, her career in corporate governance, her thoughts on politics in the boardroom, stakeholder capitalism, ESG, boardroom diversity, and other trends including her recommendations for directors of public companies today. If you like this show, please consider subscribing, leaving a review or sharing this podcast on social media. You can find all the show notes on the website boardroom-governance.com and please feel free to subscribe to the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at evanepstein.substack.com